The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act (H.R. 4965) would place a national ban on the abortion method in which a living baby is partly delivered alive outside the mother's body before being killed. NRLC supported the bill, which passed the House, 274-151. The ban was supported by 208 Republicans, 65 Democrats, and 1 independent. It was opposed by 9 Republicans, 141 Democrats, and 1 independent. One Democrat (Kucinich, Ohio) voted "present." Roll Call No. 343, July 24, 2002.